Red Hook Community Struggles Four Months After Hurricane Sandy

NEW YORK—Brooklyn’s Red Hook sits on the water south of Williamsburg and was one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. Many mom-and-pop stores have not reopened, and the community is still recovering, according to residents and business owners.

Tony Catapano and Bill Hodgens, retired firefighters, at the Friends of Firefighters community center in Red Hook, Feb. 26, 2013.

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As a tradition, firefighters from around the world who came to New York to volunteer during Hurricane Sandy left the shirts off their backs to the Friends of Firefighters. The bunk beds were anonymously donated for volunteers.

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Bill Hodgens, retired firefighter, speaks about how the the Friends of Firefighters community center has helped him through a dark time after Hurricane Sandy, Feb. 26, 2013.